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A medicinal dictionary
Table XLII-XLIII
Table XLII. Instruments for operating on the mouth. Table XLIII. The removal of breast tumours.
Table XLII. Instruments for operating on the mouth. Table XLIII. The removal of breast tumours.
Surgical instruments used, and operations successfully carried out, by an English travelling operator claiming royal patronage
Believed to be a fragment of an engraving printed from the original copperplate after it had ceased to be of use for printing engravings. The copper sheet was cut up and the top right corner, used to print the top left corner of the engraving, was…
Woman with atrophy of the spinal muscles
Black and white photograph of a woman, aged 35 years, suffering from atrophy of the spinal muscles. Photograph shows that the spine is straight when she lies on her back.
A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company
Contents
The family M.D. The obscene M.D. The obstetric M.D. who makes the diseases of women his particular study. The mesmeric M.D.
Lettering note
The central column is a nine point list of the principles of Morison's system. A similar version to…
The family M.D. The obscene M.D. The obstetric M.D. who makes the diseases of women his particular study. The mesmeric M.D.
Lettering note
The central column is a nine point list of the principles of Morison's system. A similar version to…
Torso of Parian marble figure of Aphrodite.
Hellenistic
Height: Height: 28 centimetres
Excavated/Findspot: Fayum, el- (historic)
Africa: Egypt: Fayum, el- (historic)
Height: Height: 28 centimetres
Excavated/Findspot: Fayum, el- (historic)
Africa: Egypt: Fayum, el- (historic)
The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
oil painting
Queen Mary Psalter
MS Royal 2 B VII, fol. 242r.
St Agatha
18th century engraving with frame from First French Empire (18041814). Discovered at Luxeuil. Pellerin (of Epinal) had near identical wood block in his possession, which he was using c. 1814. SA: Agatha of Sicily, Christian saint, d. c.…